My VX-7R is acting strange. Was working great all week and then all of a sudden the frequency display started blinking and when you push the PTT switch the TX display shows that I am transmitting but it is not doing so. When I release the PTT swt. the display appears to still be transmitting but it is not. I have to turn the radio off before it "releases" the transmit indication. I tried set mode reset and that did not help so I tried microprocessor reset and that did not help. Is there anything else I can do to fix this problem?

Are you running this HT on its own rubber duck, or through an amplifier with an external antenna? I had a similar problem years ago using a 2m HT to a 2m amplifer to a mag-mount - and the radiation from the amplified signal was getting back into the HT and causing an oscillation - had to power the whole thing off, not use the amp with the HT mobile.

I don't know about your particular radio, but I've seen similar problems when one or more cells of the main battery is kaput. It's also a good idea to check that the memory backup cell isn't on its last legs.

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